THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (ACT V OF 1898)
PART VI
PROCEEDINGS IN PROSECUTIONS'
CHAPTER XXVIII
OF EXECUTION
392. Mode of inflicting punishment. (1) In the case of a person of or over sixteen years of age whipping shall be inflicted with a light rattan not less than half an inch in diameter, in such mode and on such part of the person, as the Provincial Government directs; and, in the case of a person under sixteen years of age, it shall be inflicted in such mode, and on such part of the person, and with such instruments, as the Provincial Government directs.
(2) Limit of number of stripes. In no case shall such punishment exceed thirty stripes and, in the case of a person under sixteen years of age, it shall not exceed fifteen stripes.
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